DE19531061A1 - Cigarette with cigarette paper wrapper - Google Patents

Abstract

The wrapper (12) is designed as a parallelogram with angles other than 90 deg and consists of cigarette paper to which the tobacco is applied (14) to a layer thickness equal to the radius of a rolled smoking object (10). In this case, the layer thickness of the as-yet unsmokable object (10) is undulated at right angles to its long sides (22,24), using cigarette paper, tobacco leaf or reconstituted tobacco. The tobacco is applied to one side only of the wrapper. A narrow glue strip is applied to the outer edge of one long side of the wrapper alongside the tobacco. A filter strip is also laid along the outside edge of one of the narrow sides of the wrapper and the object as such can be supplemented by a filter plug etc.

Description

The present invention relates to a smoking article in non-smoking form that is made from a wrapping material sheet Cigarette paper, tobacco foil or reconstituted tobacco and one on a surface of the wrapping material sheet applied tobacco layer comprises, and a pack, the contains one or more of the smoking objects. Of the Smoking article in non-smokable form can by the Consumers by rolling or twisting into a smoke bar smoking object, especially a cigarette, over leads.

Different systems for the in-house production of cigarettes are known. For example, DE-C-34 07 461 describes so-called tobacco rolls, d. H. Tobacco cartridges due their highly permeable wrapping is non-smoking in itself are. The consumer can put these tobacco rolls in one Insert filter cigarette paper tube and get on it Way a finished cigarette.

A similar system is described in EP-A-0 632 967, which reveals a tobacco column, the wrapping over one end  protrudes from the column and in this way a cavity forms. The supernatant is designed so that it can be replaced by the pressure squeezed into the mouth of a smoker is so that the product only after the introduction of a filter cartridge becomes smokable in the cavity.

US-A-3 385 302 describes a rectangular cigarette sheet chen, the one side with a thin layer of tobacco, a narrow strips of adhesive along one long side and optionally filter material is coated, and a Pack containing several of these coated cigarette papers chen contains. The consumer can look through spiral Roll the coated papers into a finished cigarette produce.

From GB-A-2 275 410 there is one on both sides Cigarette paper or tobacco foil coated tobacco plate known, which are processed into hollow tobacco strands can. Different materials such as for example tobacco or graft. The In-house production of cigarettes with the on both sides Wrapping material provided tobacco slabs will not described.

From DE-A-41 13 252 a cigarette is known which consists of a zigzag, rolled tobacco plate with a outer envelope is formed. The cigarette shows one higher bending resistance or greater bending strength than a conventional, pressed tobacco rod. The Eigenher Position of the cigarette is not described.

US-A-3 744 497 and JP 62-171 664 are rolled Filter known.

The known systems for the in-house production of cigarettes have several disadvantages. So the thin, porous Wrapping the tobacco cartridges of DE-C-34 07 461 easily  tear down. In addition, the filter cigarette is empty paper sleeve sensitive and becomes light before use dented or damaged. The disadvantage here is - as well as with the systems of EP-A-0 632 967 - also that the Consumers always use two different components must combine to produce a finished cigarette can. The with the leaflets of US-A-3 385 302 herge posed cigarettes exhibit due to the spiral Roll up a high cigarette paper content. This affects the taste of the cigarette and on the other hand creates an additional major and minor electricity smoke.

The object of the present invention is therefore a simple and as one-piece system as possible provision of smoking articles, especially cigarettes, with low filter cigarette paper content available put.

This object is achieved in that the Wrapping material sheet from cigarette paper is and the Has the shape of a parallelogram with angles not equal to 90 ° Thickness of the tobacco layer roughly the radius of one by rolling of the smokable smoke object received corresponds to or perpendicular to the long sides of the smoke object according to the invention is wavy.

The parallelogram shape of the wrapping material sheet has the Advantage that from this smoking object according to the invention a finished, smokable smoking object can be formed by the diagonally opposite, pointed angled corners of the smoking object according to the invention seized and turned against each other. Preferably the angles at the acute-angled corners are 45-85 °, ins special 65-80 °.  

If the thickness of the tobacco layer is approximately the radius of the finished, smokable smoking object or the length of the Narrow sides of the smoking object according to the invention approximately the circumference of the finished, smokable smoking object the paper content is as low as possible. The length of the narrow sides of the invention The smoke object is usually slightly larger (e.g. 1-3 mm) than that Circumference of the finished, smokable smoking object, there on the long sides of the smoking article according to the invention preferably a narrow adhesive strip for closing is provided.

A wavy cross section of the narrow sides of the tobacco layer, d. H. the tobacco layer is perpendicular to the longitudinal sides of the smoking articles according to the invention unevenly heavily applied and has a mountain-and-valley shape the advantage that when rolling up the invention Smoking object along its narrow sides the individual Tobacco segments fit together easily without the There is a risk of voids. With this out it is possible that the wrapping material sheet may be missing and still after rolling up and closing a smokable product is obtained.

The wrapping material sheet can be made from conventional cigarettes paper or from tobacco leaf (or tobacco leaf), Tobacco film or reconstituted tobacco. This has the advantage that the entire smoking object is then off Tobacco materials exist. Another advantage of ver Use of tobacco foil as wrapping material is that Thickness of tobacco can be significantly less than when using cigarette paper. Also a spiral Rolling up the smoking object is easy possible, because the tobacco foil no further main or Sidestream smoke is formed. Again it is here preferred that the wrapping material sheet be in the form of a Parallelogram with angles not equal to 90 °, the thickness of the  Layer of tobacco roughly the radius of one by rolling the Smokable object obtained according to the invention Smoke object corresponds to or perpendicular to the longitudinal sides of the smoking object according to the invention wavy is trained.

The smoking objects according to the invention are suitable especially for the in-house production of cigarettes. Depending speed of the wrapping material used and the but tobacco (mixed) can be added to cigarettes for example, cigarillos or pillars can also be produced. The lengths of the long and narrow sides of the invention Smoking objects are manufactured according to the Product selected. Therefore the long sides are for example 70-100 mm long, the narrow sides for example 10-35 mm. For thin cigarettes, so-called slim cigarettes the narrow sides preferably 10-20 mm long, for normal Cigarettes preferably 20-28 mm.

From the smoking articles according to the invention can by Curling (usually along their narrow sides) or Twist easily finished, smokable smoking objects be formed. If necessary, these can be known Filter cigarette paper tubes inserted or with cigarettes papers are wrapped. Are suitable for this for example the smoking articles according to the invention, the a wrapping sheet of cigarette paper, the Long sides have no adhesive strips, and one on applied to a surface of the wrapping material sheet Contain tobacco layer. Preferably, the invention according to smoking objects, however, along an outer edge one of its long sides is narrow (e.g. 2-4 mm wide ten), preferably strips coated with adhesive. This can be done for cigarette paper sheets Chen used adhesives are used. After this Rolling or twisting the smoking objects can do that Product by, for example, moistening the adhesive strip  be fixed. Alternatively, the invention However, smoking objects also have one on both long sides have narrow tobacco-free strips, of which one or both can be glued.

Along an outer edge of one of the narrow sides of the um sheet of wrapping material can be an uncoated strip be provided, which is for example 2-3 cm wide. The product made from it then points to one of its End a cavity that allows the consumer to a filter if necessary together with other materials, such as additives containing flavorings, and so on to vary the taste and strength of the cigarette.

Preferably, however, the wrapping material sheet instructs one of its narrow sides has a stripe with one applied gene filter material layer or a fixed filter graft on, as these one-piece smoking objects enable easy manufacture of a filter cigarette and the fixed filter plug the curling of the Invention according to the smoking object.

The usual filter materials or filters Materials (cellulose, acetate, crepe paper or active carbon filter) can be used. This preferably exists Filter material or the filter plug, however, from recon substituted tobacco or one usually used for cigarettes used tobacco mixture, because then the finished Cigarette consists largely of tobacco materials.

Reconstituted or homogenized tobacco is one Mixture of tobacco materials, e.g. tobacco dust, Fine tobacco particles, stems and leaves of tobacco plants, Middle ribs of the leaves, which may be after Zer reduction in known ways (see for example US-A-4 182 349 or EP-A-0 495 567) on tobacco foils can be worked.  

The tobacco films used and filters from reconstituted tem tobacco therefore preferably consist exclusively of Tobacco. If necessary, however, they can also contain additives contain, for example cellulose or wood fibers, the however not more than 25% by weight of the tobacco sheets or Should put out tobacco filters. Another additive can be a binder, for example a Binder obtained from the middle ribs of the tobacco leaves can act. The additives can either be the Mixture that is processed into tobacco films or filters is added or onto the tobacco foil or filter be applied. In general, all additives can be used that are also common for cigarette production used tobacco may be included.

Tobacco foil has, according to the natural color of the Tobacco usually has a brownish color. For ver users who prefer a white product will Tobacco foil (and possibly also the filter) therefore bleached. Depending on the intensity of the bleaching process color gradations possible here. Bleaching is preferred Tobacco wraps that look like regular cigarette paper largely correspond.

The invention further relates to a pack that a or more of the smoking articles according to the invention and if necessary also separate filter plugs or filters contains, as well as a system for the in-house production of Ziga save that a smoking object according to the invention and a Rolling papers, a cigarette paper tube or contains a filter cigarette paper tube.

The smoking articles according to the invention can on the manufactured in the following way. First of all Cigarette paper or the tobacco foil, both of which are known Ways are made, or the tobacco leaf accordingly tailored to the desired shape of the smoking object.  

Then the tobacco or tobacco mixture is placed on the wrapper application material applied. As a tobacco, for example Usual cigarette tobacco, reconstituted or homogeneous cured tobacco or mixtures thereof. The The tobacco is fixed on the wrapping material by Applying a foam (e.g. by spraying) reached, the foam in addition to foaming agents Contain binders and optionally flavor additives can. An excellent foaming agent is licorice powder. As Binders can be used, for example, plants extracts, pectin, maltodextrin or gums. Ins gum arabic is particularly preferred, which is an excellent Combination of a foaming agent and a binder is. The taste of the cigarette can be incorporated usual aromatic substances, for example liquorice, Sugar or cocoa extract, can be varied (i.e. taste and release can be done by choosing the tobacco blend and Additives are adapted to consumer requirements). The tobacco layer is then dried.

The thickness of the tobacco layer can vary due to the amount of it initially applied tobacco are determined and is the same moderate distribution of tobacco on the wrapping material sheet for example 0.05-0.5 cm, in particular about 0.35 cm. If necessary, light com priming the thickness can be regulated. Usually the tobacco applied evenly, making a rectangular lateral cross section of the tobacco layer results. The upper longitudinal edges of the tobacco layer can also be attached be sloping; the lateral cross section is then trapezoidal mig. This will curl up along the narrow sides of the smoking article according to the invention and the closing relieved the smoking objects of the invention. So far mountain and valley occupancy with tobacco may be desired this before the tobacco layer is dried by compression the appropriate places, so that the thickness of the Tobacco layer of, for example, 0.05-0.1 cm for the  Wells up to 0.3-0.5 cm, especially 0.35 cm, for the Increases varied.

If desired, the Long sides in the usual way, an adhesive strip, for. Legs Rubber coating, a strip of filter material along one the outer edges of the narrow sides (e.g. by Stick on) or a filter plug before or after the opening wearing the tobacco layer. Preferably the strip of filter material reconstituted tobacco or a tobacco blend that is just like the tobacco layer is attached.

Of course, the cutting of the invention Smoking articles only after tobacco etc. from starting with a larger, coated sheet.

An embodiment of the invention is in the drawing shown and is described in more detail below.

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Fig. 1 shows a smoking article according to the invention,

Fig. 2 shows a further smoking article according to the invention in plan view in the shape of a parallelogram with angles other than 90 °,

Fig. 3 is a cigarette made of the smoking article of FIG. 2,

Fig. 4 shows a smoking article according to the invention in top view with a strip of filter material,

Fig. 5 shows an intermediate stage of the manufacturing process of a cigarette of the smoking article of FIG. 4,

Fig. 6 shows a further smoking article according to the invention in top view,

Fig. 7 shows a smoking article according to the invention with a filter plug fixed thereon,

Fig. 8 is a side cross-section of a smoking article according to the invention with wave-shaped tobacco occupancy,

Fig. 9 is an intermediate in the preparation of a Ziga rescue from the smoking article of FIG. 8,

Fig. 10, the intermediate stage of FIG. 9 from the front and

Fig. 11, the finished, out of the smoking article of FIG. 8 from the front cigarette produced.

Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a smoking article 10 according to the invention with a wrapping material sheet 12 is coated with a tobacco layer 14 and two narrow sides 16, 18 and two longitudinal sides 22, 24 has. On the outer edge 20 of the long side 22 , a narrow strip of the wrapping material sheet 12 is not coated with tobacco. Rather, an adhesive strip 36 is provided here. For example, a cigarette can easily be produced from the smoking object 10 by rolling it in, and reopening can be prevented by gluing the adhesive strip 36 to the outside of the wrapping material 12 . The tobacco coating 14 is applied evenly here, so that the lateral cross section is rectangular.

Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of a smoking article according to Invention 10. It can be seen that the wrapping material sheet 12 is cut in the form of a parallelogram and the angle at the acute-angled corners 21 , 23 is approximately 80 °. Fig. 2 also shows the hatched layer 14 shown here hatched and the adhesive strip 36th

FIG. 3 shows a cigarette 40 that can be produced from the smoking article 10 of FIG. 2. For this purpose, the acute-angled corners 21 , 23 of the wrapping material sheet 12 are gripped and, when looking along the double arrow of FIG. 2, the corner 23 is rotated clockwise and the corner 21 is rotated counterclockwise, as is shown in FIG. 2 by the two arrows is shown. After closing the cigarette by the adhesive strip 36 , the finished cigarette 40 of FIG. 3 is obtained.

In Fig. 4, another embodiment of the prior invention is shown. The smoking article 10 again shows a wrapping material sheet 12 with a tobacco layer 14 attached thereon. A strip of filter material 30 is applied along an outer edge 28 of a narrow side 16 of the smoking object 10 . As can be seen from FIG. 4, this filter material strip 30 does not extend across the entire width of the smoking article 10 but ends, just like the tobacco layer 14 , just before the outer edge 20 of the long side 22 . The narrow, free strip along the outer edge 20 forms the adhesive strip 36 , which is used to close the cigarette.

To produce a cigarette, the smoking article 10 is rolled up, ie the consumer must move the two opposite longitudinal sides 22 and 24 towards one another. Fig. 5 shows an intermediate stage in the manufacture of a finished cigarette 40 from the smoking article 10 of FIG. 4, wherein the smoking article 10 has already been rolled up into a cylinder. Fig. 5 shows in addition to the wrapping material 12 of the tobacco layer 14 and the layer of filter material 30, that the longitudinal side 24 is located just before the adhesive strip 36th In order to produce the finished cigarette, the consumer only has to bring the long side 24 completely towards the adhesive strip 36 , for example moisten it, fold it over and press it lightly on the outside of the wrapping material sheet 12 along the long side 24 in order to prevent the cigarette from opening again. Finally, Fig. 5 shows that the outside of the wrapping material sheet 12 can be marked in the area 25 of the filter material strip 30 , so that the filter end of the Ziga rette is visually easy to recognize and, for example, has the appearance of a conventional covering sheet.

In FIG. 6, a further preferred smoking article 10 is shown having a lateral, uncoated strip next to the wrapping material sheet 12 of the tobacco layer 14 along the outer edge of 28 32 and along the outer edge 20 over the entire length of the longitudinal side 22 extending adhesive strip 36th The cigarettes made from this smoking article 10 have a cavity at one end which, according to the wishes of the consumer, can be filled, for example, with filter plugs or additional pieces which give off flavorings.

In turn, the smoking article 10 of FIG. 7, the Umhül lung sheet 12, the tobacco layer 14, the uncoated strip 32 and extending over the entire length of the longitudinal side strips 22, 36. In addition, a filter plug 34 , which is glued on for example, is also provided on the uncoated side strip 32 . The smoker therefore receives a filter cigarette after rolling up the smoking article 10 of FIG. 7.

Figs. 8 to 11 show the preferred embodiment in that the tobacco coating is applied perpendicular to the longitudinal sides 22, 24 wavy, and a Herge thereof presented cigarette 40th In FIG. 8 is a first side cross-section, such as shown along the narrow page 18. The tobacco layer 14 is applied in a wave shape on the wrapping material sheet 12 , ie the tobacco layer has elevations 27 and depressions 29 and thus forms tobacco segments 26 . In addition, the edge areas along both longitudinal sides 22 and 24 of the smoking article 10 are free of tobacco.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show the manufacture of a cigarette 40 from the smoking article 10 of FIG. 8, wherein it can be seen that the different tobacco segments 26 can be easily brought together and the tips of the elevations 27 form the longitudinal axis of the resulting cigarette 40 . FIGS. 9 and 10 further show that the free longitudinal sides of tobacco come to lie against each other 22 and 24. One or both of the tobacco-free edge areas can be coated with an adhesive so that the cigarette is sealed and forms a tongue 31 . This tongue 31 has an adhesive coating on one of its outer sides, so that the tongue 31 can be folded over and fixed on the finished cigarette 40 , as shown in FIG. 11.

Claims (14)

1. Smoking article ( 10 ) in a non-smoking form with a wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) made of cigarette paper and with a tobacco layer ( 14 ) applied to a surface of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ), characterized in that the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) has the shape of a parallelogram, the Angles are not equal to 90 °. 2. Smoking article ( 10 ) in non-smokable form with a wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) made of cigarette paper and with a tobacco layer ( 14 ) applied to a surface of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ), characterized in that the thickness of the tobacco layer ( 14 ) is approximately the radius of a corresponds to rolling smokable object obtained by rolling the smoking object ( 10 ). 3. Smoking article ( 10 ) in non-smoking form with a wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) made of cigarette paper and with a tobacco layer ( 14 ) applied to a surface of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ), characterized in that the thickness of the tobacco layer is perpendicular to the long sides ( 22 , 24 ) of the smoking object ( 10 ) is wavy. 4. Smoking article ( 10 ) in non-smokable form with a wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) made of tobacco leaf, tobacco foil or reconstituted tobacco and with a tobacco layer ( 14 ) applied to a surface of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ), characterized in that the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) only on a surface of the tobacco layer ( 14 ) is applied. 5. smoking article ( 10 ) according to claim 4, characterized in that the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) has the shape of a parallelogram, the angles of which are not equal to 90 °. 6. smoking article ( 10 ) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the thickness of the tobacco layer ( 14 ) corresponds approximately to the radius of a smokable smoking article obtained by rolling the smoking article ( 10 ) or perpendicular to the long sides ( 22 , 24 ) of Smoking object ( 10 ) is wavy. 7. smoking article ( 10 ) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that along an outer edge ( 20 ) one of the long sides ( 22 , 24 ) of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) next to the tobacco layer ( 14 ) a narrow strip ( 36 ) of adhesive is applied. 8. Smoking article ( 10 ) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a filter material layer ( 30 ) is applied along an outer edge ( 28 ) of one of the narrow sides ( 16 , 18 ) of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) next to the tobacco layer ( 14 ) . 9. smoking article ( 10 ) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that along the outer edge ( 28 ) of one of the narrow sides ( 16 , 18 ) of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) next to the tobacco layer ( 14 ) an uncoated strip ( 32 ) located. 10. smoking article ( 10 ) according to claim 9, characterized in that a filter plug ( 34 ) is fixed on the uncoated strip ( 32 ). 11. Smoking article according to claim 8 or 10, characterized characterizes that the filter material or the filter plug reconstituted tobacco or a tobacco blend.   12. Smoking article ( 10 ) in non-smokable form with a rectangular wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) made of cigarette paper and with a tobacco layer ( 14 ) applied to a surface of the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ), characterized in that the wrapping material sheet ( 12 ) along its long sides ( 22 , 24 ) has no adhesive strip. 13. Pack, characterized in that it contains one or more of the smoking objects ( 10 ) in non-smokable form according to one of claims 1 to 12, if appropriate together with filters or grafting filters. 14. System for in-house production of cigarettes, characterized in that it contains a smoking article ( 10 ) in a non-smokable form according to one of claims 1 to 12 and a Ziga saving paper, a cigarette paper tube or a filter cigarette paper tube.